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World History II People Review
WHII.2 - WHII.15 SOL People to Know
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History
10th Grade
05/06/2010

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ABRAHAM
Definition
FOUNDER OF JUDAISM
Term
MOSES
Definition
LED JEWS OUT OF EGYPT IN THE EXODUS
Term
SIDDHARTA GAUTAMA
Definition
FOUNDER OF BUDDHISM
Term
JESUS OF NAZARETH
Definition
FOUNDER OF CHRISTIANITY
ACCORDING TO CHRISTIAN BELIEFS HE IS THE MESSIAH
Term
ALLAH
Definition
ISLAMIC NAME FOR GOD
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MUHAMMAD
Definition
FOUNDER OF ISLAM
Term
MICHELANGELO
Definition
RENAISSANCE ARTIST
PAINTED THE SISTINE CHAPEL
SCULPTED LA PIETA AND DAVID
Term
DESIDERIUS ERASMUS
Definition
MOST FAMOUS CHRISTIAN HUMANIST
Term
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Definition
RENAISSANCE PLAYWRIGHT AND WRITER OF SONNETS
Term
TURKS
Definition
MUSLIMS FROM ASIA MINOR
DEFEATED CONSTANTINOPLE AND RENAMED IT ISTANBUL
SPREAD ISLAM TO THE MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AFRICA AND BALKAN PENINSULA
Term
LEONARD DA VINCI
Definition
RENAISSANCE ARTIST
PAINTED MONA LISA AND THE LAST SUPPER
Term
POPE
Definition
HEAD OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
Term
JOHANNES GUTENBERG
Definition
INVENTED THE PRINTING PRESS
HELPED SPREAD RENAISSANCE IDEAS
Term
MARTIN LUTHER
Definition
FIRST TO EVER BREAK AWAY FROM CATHOLIC CHURCH
GERMAN MONK
FAITH, NOT WORKS SAVES
Term
JOHN CALVIN
Definition
GOD PREDESTINES CERTAIN PEOPLE TO GO TO HEAVEN
Term
JESUITS
Definition
CATHOLIC ORDER THAT PROSELYTIZED ALL OVER THE WORLD FOR CATHOLIC CHURCH
Term
QUEEN ELIZABETH I
Definition
COMBINED CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANT TO COME UP WITH THE ANGLICAN CHURCH
Term
KING HENRY VIII
Definition
BROKE AWAY FROM THE CATHOLIC CHURCH BECAUSE OF DIVORCE
Term
PRINCE HENRY
Definition
PORTUGAL
BROUGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER TO STUDY NAVIGATION
Term
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
Definition
WANTED TO SAIL WEST AROUND THE WORLD TO GET TO ASIA - LAND IN CARIBBEAN AND THOUGHT HE WAS IN INDIA
Term
FERDINAND MAGELLAN
Definition
HIS CREW WAS THE FIRST TO SAIL AROUND THE WORLD
NAMED THE PACIFIC OCEAN
Term
FRANCIS DRAKE
Definition
FIRST ENGLISHMAN TO SAIL AROUND THE GLOBE
NORTH AMERICA
Term
HERNANDO CORTEZ
Definition
SPANISH CONQUISTADOR
CONQUERED AZTECS
Term
FRANCISCO PIZARRO
Definition
SPANISH CONQUISTADOR
CONQUERED INCAS
Term
JACQUES CARTIER
Definition
FRENCH EXPLORER
CLAIMED CANADA FOR FRANCE
Term
VASCO DA GAMA
Definition
PORTUGUESE
FIRST TO FIND WATER ROUTE TO ASIA
Term
MUGHALS
Definition
MUSLIMS
RULED INDIAN
BUILT TAJ MAHAL
Term
OTTOMANS
Definition
MUSLIMS
ASIA MINOR
COFFEE AND CERAMICS
Term
SONGHAI
Definition
AFRICANS
TRADED SALT AND GOLD
Term
JAPANESE
Definition
KICKED OUT FOREIGNERS
BECAME ISOLATIONISTS
Term
CHINESE
Definition
SET UP TRADING ENCLAVES FOR FOREIGNERS TO TRADE IN
Term
AZTECS
Definition
NATIVE AMERICAN CIVILIZATION
CENTRAL MEXICO
CORN
Term
INCAS
Definition
NATIVE AMERICAN CIVILIATION
PERU - ANDES MOUNTAINS
ROADS AND BRIDGES
Term
MAYANS
Definition
NATIVE AMERICAN CIVILIZATION
YUCATAN PENINSULA
FAMOUS FOR PYRAMIDS
Term
LOUIS XIV
Definition
ABSOLUTE MONARCH OF FRANCE
BROUGHT GREAT CULTURE TO FRANCE - DID AWAY WITH THE EDICT OF NANTES
BUILT VERSAILLES
Term
SUN KING
Definition
NICKNAME OF LOUIS XIV
Term
FREDERICK THE GREAT
Definition
ABSOLUTE RULER OF PRUSSIA
Term
PETER THE GREAT
Definition
ABSOLUTE RULER OF RUSSIAN
WANTED TO WESTERNIZE RUSSIA
Term
NICOLAUS COPERNICUS
Definition
POLISH
HELIOCENTRIC THEORY
FEARED THE CHURCH
Term
JOHANNES KEPLER
Definition
GERMAN
USED MATH TO PROVE THAT EARTH GOES AROUND THE SUN IN AN ELLIPSE
Term
GALILEO GALILEI
Definition
ITALIAN
TELESCOPE TO PROVE COPERNICUS RIGHT
WAS DECLARED A HERETIC
Term
WILLIAM HARVEY
Definition
ENGLISH
BLOOD CIRCULATES THROUGH THE BODY
Term
ISAAC NEWTON
Definition
ENGLISH
DEVELOPED CALCULUS AND THE LAWS OF GRAVITY
Term
BARON DE MONTESQUIEU
Definition
FRENCH
WROTE THE SPIRIT OF LAWS
BELIEVED IN SEPARATION OF POWER
Term
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Definition
AUSTRIAN
GREAT COMPOSER
BEGAN COMPOSING AT AGE 5
Term
VOLTAIRE
Definition
FRENCH
BELIEVED IN FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
Term
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU
Definition
FRENCH
SOCIAL CONTRACT
GOVERNMENT IS ONLY A CONTRACT AND NOT THAT NECESSARY
Term
THOMAS HOBBES
Definition
ENGLISH
USED NATURAL LAW TO SAY THAT PEOPLE NEED AN ABSOLUTE MONARCH BECAUSE THEY ARE NATURALLY BAD
WROTE LEVIATHAN
Term
JOHN LOCKE
Definition
USED NATURAL LAW
TWO TREATISES ON GOVERNMENT
MAN HAS RIGHTS ANDIS GENERALLY GOOD
GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT OUR RIGHTS
INFLUENCED THOMAS JEFFERSON
Term
THOMAS JEFFERSON
Definition
AMERICAN
WROTE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Term
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Definition
SECOND GREAT COMPOSER OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT
Term
EUEGENE DELACROIX
Definition
FRENCH
PAINTED LIBERTY LEADING THE PEOPLE AND NATURAL SCENES
Term
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
Definition
SPANISH NOVELIST
WROTE DON QUIXOTE
Term
WILLIAM AND MARY
Definition
RULERS OF ENGLAND AFTER THE GLORIUS REVOLUTION
HAD LESS POWER THAN PARLIAMENT
Term
NAPOLEON
Definition
DICTATOR OF FRANCE
CONQUERS EUROPE
SPREADS CODE OF LAWS
Term
METTERNICH
Definition
AUSTRIAN PRINCE
CONGRESS OF VIENNA
BALANCE OF POWER
KINGS IN POWER
Term
CHARLES I
Definition
KING OF ENGLAND
WANTS ABSOLUTE POWER
EXECUTED AFTER ENGLISH CIVIL WAR
Term
OLIVER CROMWELL
Definition
PURITAN
LED ENGLISH CIVIL WAR
THEN BECAME DICTATOR
Term
THIRD ESTATE
Definition
FRENCH POOR AND MIDDLE CLASS
BEGIN REVOLUTION AT BASTILLE
Term
KING LOUIS XVI
Definition
FRENCH ABSOLUTE RULER
EXECUTED IN THE REIGN OF TERROR
Term
TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE
Definition
LED SLAVE REVOLT IN HAITI
INSPIRED BY THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
Term
SIMON BOLIVAR
Definition
LED REVOLUTIONS ALL OVER SOUTH AMERICA
Term
COUNT CAVOUR
Definition
ADVISOR TO THE KING OF SARDINIA
UNITED NORTHERN ITALY
Term
GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI
Definition
GUERILLA WARFARE
UNITED SOUTHERN ITALY WITH NORTHERN ITALY
Term
OTTO VON BISMARCK
Definition
REALIPOLITIK - "BLOOD AND IRON"
PRUSSIAN WHO CREATED GERMANY
Term
ELI WHITNEY
Definition
COTTON GIN
CLEAN COTTON FASTER
NEED FOR SLAVES GREW
Term
JAMES WATT
Definition
STEAM ENGINE
WORK NOW DONE BY MACHINES INSTEAD OF HUMAN POWER
Term
HENRY BESSEMER
Definition
STEEL REFINING PROCESS
MACHINES COULD BE MADE STRONGER AND MORE RESISTANT TO FIRE
Term
ADAM SMITH
Definition
CAPTIALISM AND LAISSEZ-FAIRE
WEALTH OF NATIONS
PROFITS MAKE PEOPLE WORK
Term
EDWARD JENNER
Definition
MADE WORLD'S FIRST VACCINTION
SMALL POX
Term
LOUIS PASTEUR
Definition
DISCOVERED GERMS/BACTERIA
Term
COMMANDER PERRY
Definition
USED US NAVY TO GET JAPAN TO OPEN UP TO TRADE
Term
KARL MARX
Definition
SOCIALISM
COMMUNIST MANIFESTO
PROLETARIAT TO RISE UP AND REVOLT
Term
ARCHDUKE FERDINAND
Definition
PRINCE OF AUSTRIA-HUNGARY
ASSASSINATION SPARKED WORLD WAR I
Term
TSAR NICHOLAS II
Definition
RULER OF RUSSIAN IN EARLY 1900S
INCOMPETENT - WAS OVERTHROWN
Term
BOLSHEVIKS
Definition
RADICAL SOCIALISTS LED BY LENIN
Term
VLADIMIR LENIN
Definition
RUSSIAN SOCIALIST
WANTED TO SPREAD SOCIALISM ALL OVER THE WORLD
LED THE BOLSHEVIKS IN TAKING OVER RUSSIA IN A COUP D'ETAT
Term
WOODROW WILSON
Definition
UNITED STATES PRESIDENT DURING WORLD WAR I
Term
ADOLF HITLER
Definition
TOTALITARIAN LEADER OF GERMAN
Term
BENITO MUSSOLINI
Definition
TOTALITARIAN LEADER OF ITALY
Term
JOSEPH STALIN
Definition
TOTALITARIAN LEADER OF THE SOVIET UNION
Term
HIDEKI TOJO
Definition
TOTALITARIAN LEADER OF JAPAN
Term
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT
Definition
UNITED STATES PRESIDENT DURING WORLD WAR II AND YALTA
Term
HARRY S. TRUMAN
Definition
DROPPED ATOMIC BOMB ON JAPAN
SAID UNITED STATES WOULD LEAD FIGHT AGAINST COMMUNISM
Term
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR
Definition
UNITED STATES GENERAL
LED TROOPS IN THE PACIFIC
REBUILT JAPAN
FOUGHT KOREAN WAR
Term
GEORGE MARSHALL
Definition
HAD PLAN TO REBUIL WESTERN EUROPE AFTER WORLD WAR II - $13 BILLION
Term
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
Definition
UNITED STATES GENERAL
IN CHARGE OF D-DAY
BECAME UNITED STATES PRESIDENT
Term
WINSTON CHURCHILL
Definition
BRITISH PRIME MINISTER
HATED APPEASEMENT
AT YALTA
Term
RONALD REAGAN
Definition
PRESIDENT HELPED END THE COLD WAR BY BUILDING UP UNITED STATES MILIARY
Term
MIKHAIL GORBACHEV
Definition
SOVIET LEADER HELPED END THE COLD WAR BY LETTING HIS PEOPLE SEE THE WEST
Term
FIDEL CASTRO
Definition
COMMUNIST DICTATOR OF CUBA
ALLOWED SOVIET UNION TO PUT MISSILES THERE
Term
MAO TSE-TUNG(ZEDONG)
Definition
LED COMMUNISTS IN CHINESE CIVIL WAR
Term
CHIANG KAI-SHEK
Definition
LED NATIONALISTS IN CHINESE CIVIL WAR
FLED TO TAIWAN AFTER LOSING
Term
HO CHI MINH
Definition
LED COMMUNIST IN VIETNAM
Term
MOHANDES GANDHI
Definition
LED PASSIVE RESISTANCE AGAINST BRITISH IN INDIA
Term
KENYATTA
Definition
LED FIGHT AGAINST BRITISH FOR INDEPENDENCE OF HIS COUNTRY
Term
MARGARET THATCHER
Definition
BRITISH PRIME MINISTER WHO ASSERTED THE UNITED KINGDOM'S MILITARY POWER
Term
INDIRA GANDHI
Definition
RULER OF INDIA
Term
DENG XIAOPING
Definition
CONTINUED COMMUNIST CONTROL OF CHINA
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